The Beast Within (Villains, #2)

by Serena Valentino

“Don’t forget, Beast, true love, both given and received, before the last petal falls.”

Perhaps this, right here, was his punishment: never knowing what it was to love.

He loved making her happy. “Oh, thank you so much!” Books! Books made her happy. She wasn’t like any girl he’d ever known before, and he thought perhaps he liked it. In fact, he was sure he did.

And the Beast could finally say that by finding love, he had lived.